To Ernst Krause 19 January 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 19. 80
My dear Sir,
Pray do not apologise for it is no trouble to me to answer your questions as far as I can.1 The Hooker alluded to is Richard Hooker.
With respect to Yeomen of the Armoury, it is doubtful whether any man in England could tell you what the duties were Probably there were no duties and it was a sinecure in the gift of the king. I would advise you to use the English term. There are at the present day what are called Yeomen of the Guard who are gentlemen who attend the Queen on state occasions, & I believe they serve merely for parade.2
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hewerdine, Anita. 2012. The Yeomen of the Guard and the early Tudors: the formation of a royal bodyguard. London: I. B. Tauris.
Summary
Replies to EK’s queries about German translation of CD’s preface to Erasmus Darwin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12434
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36199)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12434,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12434.xml
